ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS & AWARDS

Fellowships

• United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) and the ICGEB, EMPOWER Fellowship 2021 (New Delhi, India).
• Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program 2020 (Michigan, USA).

 

Medals

• Golden Jubilee Gold Medal for the most out standing performance in the coreprogram of the B.Sc. Agriculture curriculum. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya (10/12/2006).
• Dr. J W L Peiris Gold Medal in Agriculture Biology. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya (10/12/2006).
• Gold Medal for the Best performer in the subject Principles of Agribusiness Management. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya (10/12/2006).
• Gold Medal for the most outstanding performance in Agricultural Economics and Business Management. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya (10/12/2006).

 

Awards/Prizes

• The Genetics Research Award–Department of Genetics, University of Melbourne (2012).
• Dr. A.W.R. Joachim Memorial Prize for obtaining the Highest GPA in the year 2008 at the Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, Sri Lanka. (11/20/2009).
• The Upali Ekanayake Memorial Prize for obtaining the highest marks in allcourses offered in Entomology. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya(02/10/2006)
• The E M R B Ekanayake Memorial Prize for the best overall performance atthe final Examination in Agriculture. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya (10/12/2006).

 

Scholarships

• The International Postgraduate Research Scholarship and Australian Postgraduate Award- University of Melbourne (2011).
• The Kundanmal scholarship for meritorious performance at the 2000 series examination in Agriculture. (01/18/2005).
• The C de S W Siriwardena Scholarship for the best performance at the 3100 examination. (05/12/2005).
• The R R Appadurai Memorial Scholarship awarded on the performance at the examinations held during the core program in Agriculture. (02/10/2006).